Citations:giltless

English citations of giltless

Without any gilt (young female pig)

• 2000, Fernando J. Soto, Reflections on Lewis Carroll, page 76:

  Therefore the "giltless" or "pig-less" state of the pig, as described by the Snark, can be interpreted as the pig's deceased state. What is a pig with the "gilt" removed if not a non-existent pig, a nothing?

gutless? gitless?

• 2005, Robert Rankin, The Brightonomicon: The Fantastic Adventure of the Foredown Man:

  It was a cowering, giltless bunch of youth that slunk back to their seats.